Buck anchor for fireproof walls



July 6 1926. "1,591,039

C. HILYAR BUCK ANCHOR FOR FIREPROOF WALLS Filed June 4. 1925. I l

jwvenZor CYRUS H/L YAR Patented July 6, 1926.

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fipplication .filed June 4, 1925. SerialNo. 34,845..

. This invention relates tov anchoring devices V the adjacent edgeof the wall. 1

, for bucks for door frames or window frames interposed inwalls constructed of a plurality of building units, such as fire proof tiles.

In constructing fire proofv walls from tiles or other building units, it is desirable to have some effic ent means interposed betwcenl layers of buildingzunits andcemented'therebetween forws'ecurely anchoring the timber or portio nfofa door buck to maintain-the same in properupright position. This invention has for its object :to provide an exceedingly simple but highly eid cientj-buck anchor which may be easily ,in-

stalled. When the walls, are being erected, having means for straddling' a leg of a buck and securing the same-in proper'position to It is a more specific object of the ;.tio'n.to provide sucha buck anchor comprising a relatively'fflat elongated plate adapted to beset in the plaster orlmortar between P two-.layers of building units havingmeans to prevent lateral longitudinalv displacement thereof; and having means projecting beyond an edge ofthe wall and adapted to engage the edges of a buck and be secured thereto.

' .'-It is a further objectto provide a buck anchor provided, atone end with a .pair of fiat projecting tongues adapted to be seated in oppositely aligned grooves in the edges of a 2x4: or other timber used for the ,door buck,' saidtongues being of sufi'icient length to extend beyond .the outer surface of the buck, whereby the extremities of said tongues may be bent inwardly and nailed or otherwise secured ,to said outer surface."

It is a still further objectof theinvention 'to provide, such a buck anchor especiallyadapted to engage j and straddle a 2x43but capable of being combined-with; another similar anchor-to engage the leg of a buck constructed from .larger fit 'mbers, such as 2x6s and 2x8?s.--

0 1 i These and other objectsofthe invention will beapparent from the following description made in connection with the accompanying-drawings, wherein likecharacters refer to similar parts throughout the several views; and-in'iwhfiffihgk Fig. 1 isa perspective View showing por tions of a fire proof vwall'm the process of construction with a doorway formed therein I and portions of a door buck mounted in said doprway n PIQZEQHQQ f rm f the inv n 'tion engagingsaid buck and securing the same to the walls sition. r 1 i i I Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a preferred form of the invention detached; and

3 Fig. 3 is a plan view of theen'd portions ofa pair of buck anehors used in combinain 1 proper operativepotion to accommodate .a considerably wider buck than the 2X4 buck generally employed in buildings.

portion therein constituting the doorway, is

villustrated;said wall being constructed of a plurality of fireproof tiles 'or-building units l-laid in layers in';the}usual-manner. The legs of a door buck are-indicated by the numeral 5having cut" at intervals'ialong the side edges thereof, the oppositely disposed aligned horizontal grooves 5 The grooves may; be formed inthe12x4s or timbers constituting the door buck beforethe same are applied to the walls or, if desired-,'

may be sawed, after the wall is partially up.

The buckanchor comprises i an elongated relatively fiat member or plate designated as corrugations 6 rugated plate" A is provided at its outer end jwith': a, pair of fiat, spaced, projecting tongues 8 forming a recess. therebetween. Adjacent the outer extremities of tongues, 8,

small apertures are-provided,jthe purpose of which will be presentlyqexplained. In

"manufacturing the buck -anc hors. A, the

blanks are cut out in dove-tailed relation, the tongues 8' being cut out from the opposite, end of =-the adjacent blank, =,leavingthe g .In the drawings, a wall, having. an open an entirety by the letterfA; having a plu- .rality of longitudinal throughout its. central portion and having a plurality of transverse corrugations 7 in the portion thereof adjacent one end. The corcut-away portions 9 at the rearendi of each member A. a I i The grooves 5 are 'cutfin the edges of the AQXZPVS or other ,tirnbers used; in the bucks at the level of the la'yers,;,of:building units constituting the: walls.) The plate A is laid longi-tudinallyof the wall onlthe top surs faceof thelayer oft-the tiles; adjacent" the :edge of the wall. definingjone, side "of the buck and securing the same against displacement. The tongues 8 are of sufficient length to project beyond the outer surface of the buck legs 55, forming sniall securing tabs Which are bent either upwardly or prevent both "lateral and longitudinal displaceinentof the plate A with respect toi the Wall lhetoirgues 8, seated in the grooves of the buck, enga ge I said buck in edge-- Wise position, thereby affording straddling ln'ea ns of suffici eiit strength to hold-the buclr as desired. I Q

As-shown in Fig. 3, when a "buck "con-- struted of wider lumber is used, such as 2X6 01 2218 boards two of-the plates A ay be combined with the corres onding -"corrugations "of each in registratio'n. The

inner tonllg ues 0)? e'ach ineniber A may then.

be "bent=over- -to engage "the adjacent side'o f the other member. The outer tongue'sb :inay then be employed to engage and straddle the Wide-r buck'u'sed. i 1t will be -se'en from the above description that applicant has invented anexceed- 'ingly simple buthighly efficient "buck anchor comprising :a single inernber and capable of being manufactured "at little cost. Present devices for ancho'ring bucks 'rely for "the most par-ton abolt or other elongated niember having a bent end adapter-i 'to "engage "one off the partitions in the tile. It may f-be readi seen t-hahtf the bent end is not flush ."st its adjacent partition, the anchor ten s'liplongitudinally, thus permit ting the buck to be displaced 51 0111 the door- Way. Applican'ts "dey'ice "embedded yi-n the ceiineiit or 'mo'rt'ar absolutely pre'veii'ts longiti'idi'n'al or lateral-displacement thereof and, moreover, straddles "the buck having its straddling tongues secured at their ext re'nii ties to the outer surface of ears or other lumber used. 7

Extensive actual usage of the device has shown the same'to be highly efficient fd'r all the purpoees intended. 7

'It will, J of course be understood thatvarious changes may be made 1n the form,

details, -EP'TOPOIlYlDIIS and arrangement of parts Without departing from the scop 5 the invention; c. v

two layers-of b'uil'di'ngunitsyonfe end of said body being c'en trally recessed to form a pair of spaced tongues both 'lying i'n ath'e Isa-me plane as said body and adapted to transyersel y straddle a. buck "to secur -the same in proper working 1 position. 1 7 v 3. The structure set "forth :in claim Q an'd "said tongues being "of sufficient length to project beyond the outer side or said Fb-uck and be bent at right angles and secu d thereto; Y

4 The combination wit-h pluralitybe building units arranged in the form-"10f 3 Wall and a 'buckfor -a do'or fra'meer 'Siriiil'a'r structure, said buck ha ving oppositely. dis- I posed slots in the edges thereofz ofaback anchor comprising a;relatively flat iifeiiiber adapted to-"b'e inter-posed 'betweeiit wo layers of said building units and haying a pair of'sp'aced ton ues at one end the-reof pro j ecting "beyond said Wall and adaptedto be seated in said slots of said buck to secure the 'same improper workingsition,

'5. The structure 'setfor'th iniclainis-mnd said tongues being Off sufiicie'nt iength'te project beyond the ota-er side of said buck providing projecting pof tidns adapted to be bent down against the outer surface of said buck and se'cu'red thereto.

I o. A buck anchor hauing in combination a piuraiityo f units, *eachcoinprisiiig a *r'ela 'tiyely flat body member having pair of spaced projecting mn ues at oneend thereof lying i n substantially the-same plane with i said body iii'ernber, the sides of s'aid units beingoverlapped and the inner tongues being bent around {the 'end of the ma "member adjacent there-c means fifor'preyfenti nfi said units ii'roin lateral displacement from each other, said units'iii'ov'erlapped position being adapted "to {be interposed between gt'wo layers of building units v with the-outer tongues of the outer "-u'nits prejeeung beyond the ends "of said building units adapted to straddlean'd anchor a fbiicl'ij;

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